Intro:
G#maj7C#maj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running back home to you
G#maj7C#maj7
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
G#maj7
Fresh out the slammer
Verse:
G#maj7
Another summer taking cover
Fm7C#maj7G#
Rolling thunder, he donʼt understand me
G#maj7Fm7C#maj7G#
Splintered back in winter, silent dinner, bitter he was with her in dreams
G#maj7
Grey and blue and fights in tunnnels
Fm7
Handcuffed to the spell I was under
C#maj7G#
For just one hour of sunshine
G#maj7
Years of labor, locks, and ceilings
Fm7
In the shade of how he was feeling
C#maj7G#
Itʼs gonna be alright, I did my time
Chorus:
G#maj7C#maj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running back home to you
G#maj7C#maj7
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
G#maj7
Fresh out the slammer
Verse:
G#maj7
Camera flashes, welcome bashes
Fm7C#maj7G#
Get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge
G#maj7Fm7
As I said in my letters now that I know better
C#maj7G#
I will never lose my baby again
G#maj7
My friends tried but I wouldnʼt hear it
Fm7
Watched me daily disappearing
C#maj7G#
For just one glimpse of his smile
G#maj7
All those nights he kept me going
Fm7
Squirreled you into all of my poems
C#maj7G#
Now weʼre at the starting line, I did my time
Chorus:
G#maj7Fm7C#maj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running to the house we still wait up in
G#
That porch light gleams
G#maj7Fm7
To the one who says Iʼm the girl of his American dreams
C#maj7
And no matter what Iʼve done, it wouldnʼt matter anyway
G#G#maj7
Ainʼt no way Iʼm gonna screw up now that I know whatʼs at stake
G#maj7Fm7C#maj7
Here at the park where we used to sit on childrenʼs swings
G#G#maj7Fm7
Wearing imaginary rings
C#maj7G#
But itʼs gonna be alright, I did my time